The Chimes, Apartment 22, 18 Vicar Lane, Sheffield, S1 2EH

The Chimes is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Sheffield (S1 2EH). It has a recorded floor area of 69 m² (around 743 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007 onwards and council tax band C. The latest certificate (March 2020) returns a B (score 83), comfortably above the UK average. When first surveyed in May 2010 the rating was C, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. Main heating runs on electricity. At 69 m² this is the 10th smallest of 47 units on EPC record in The Chimes, where floor areas span 36–123 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to B, with this unit at the top. The property has solar panels on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal.

Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 80% of similar EPCs). Sold November 2021 for £162,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.